Brewster McCloud Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Yes, there is a pet peeves/minor annoyances thread, but I'm more interested in the specific words that grind your gears. For me it's "gutted". Nobody is merely disappointed or mildly saddened anymore. Whenever a minor celebrity dies, you have to be "gutted". I think to myself, so you really felt like your guts had been ripped out of you? Said guts were metaphorically presented before your ruined body before it starts to really hit home, the feeling of tradgedy you felt? I have my suspicions! Edited December 20, 2018 by Brewster McCloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Oh I love a good old man moan about things today on the UKFF!, An older one for me, actually heard it for at least 15 years but "Sick" as a positive adjective. Infuriates me, hadn't heard it for years and then I worked with a guy using it who was also a complete cretin. Is being sick a good way to respond to your liking of something really? I should mention this guy actually holds a PHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted December 20, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted December 20, 2018 Â Literally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Anything that the young black people say, they scare me and I'm not racist. Language evolves, motherfuckers. Â Although saying that, I'll never be on board with "Do/did/doing" being used when describing a destination or an action, as in "I did Barcelona last year" Â or "I'm doing Bloodstock as I did Download last year". Execuspeak is the dirt worst as well. Â I'm convinced that managers use it to put up a barrier to stop us plebs from joining their ranks because they speak a different language to us to make us feel intellectually inferior. Â I'll stop doing something, I won't park it or take it offline. These are the kind of people who berate people who start ever sentence with "Erm basically" while they start ever sentence or answer to a question with "So". Â Blatantly tories as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted December 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Brewster McCloud said: grind your gears This for me. I find it inexplicably frustrating. As I've said before jour fixe being used for any and every meeting is both annoying and stupid. I'm also with Keith on taking things off line. And presentations being called a "town hall" can fuck off as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted December 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Brexit - The meaning of it, the trouble it’s caused, the fact that it’s been a load of bollocks and that a high number of civil service departs aren’t allowed to use the term, they must state EU exit because of the fact that Brexit harbours negative thoughts. The word repels me. Also, got to agree with Onyx in regard to literally. I have to say though, I’ve never heard of Execusoeak before Keith. Maybe explains how many rungs down the career ladder I am. Edited December 20, 2018 by Kaz Hayashi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 When people start sentences with "So..." or "Basically..." it doesn't bother me that much as i see it as natural hedge that many people need in order to make a point. Y'know? It's all about what they say afterwards that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, Brewster McCloud said: When people start sentences with "So..." or "Basically..." it doesn't bother me that much as i see it as natural hedge that many people need in order to make a point. Y'know? It's all about what they say afterwards that counts. Indeed, but there is a snobbery involved that I alluded to earlier.  "Basically" is what the great unwashed say, but "So" seems to be the "On trend" version, so much to the point where some people have started using it to fit in to boardroom patter.  They don't start with a "So" when speaking out of work or to someone who isn't above their pay grade.  It has really taken hold after being a staple on news / current affairs interviews, The Apprentice isn't representative of society, but it's a good representation of the people I'm talking about.  They'd bicker and speak like anyone else but as soon as it was boardroom time, they'd be "So"ing like a farmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 "Touch base" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) "Pacifically" Libtard and snowflake. They get thrown around now almost as a "whatever" response in online discussions, generally when the person using them is losing the argument and is a complete dribbler. A lot of the business phrases piss me off aswell. "It is what it is" does my head in. Just have the balls to say "No Karen, we can't find the extra budget to keep the heating on in the office ALL winter". Edited December 20, 2018 by cobra_gordo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted December 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2018 I went to a job interview recently where one of the people interviewing me opened with "Well, here's my opening gambit", which told me I didn't want to work in this place within five seconds of being there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted December 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2018 What an unimaginative thread, I'm so bored of this type of thing. Thumbs down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted December 20, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 20, 2018 I don't mind a light bit of business speak. Jargon has a purpose - it's an easy shorthand when everyone in the conversation has a common understanding of some shared but niche idea. It generally becomes very apparent very quickly if someone is using catchphrases to avoid having to have an intelligent opinion on something that they've actually arrived at themselves. Snowflake is a great shout as an indicator that a person is a fucking idiot and not worth speaking to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Gus Mears said: I went to a job interview recently where one of the people interviewing me opened with "Well, here's my opening gambit", which told me I didn't want to work in this place within five seconds of being there. I hope because you're such a genius that you realise that a "gambit' is by its very definition opening. I'd have bottled the fucker. Edited December 20, 2018 by Brewster McCloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Milano Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Banter The cunt's excuse for behaving like a cunt "it's just banter". Fuck off and do one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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